Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mathew Wilder, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Mathew Wilder registered to vote in Hill County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Hill County
Mathew Wilder
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mathew Wilder
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Covington
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Hill County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wilders elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 9 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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